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Ineffability is the quality of something that surpasses the capacity of language to express it, often being in the form of a taboo or incomprehensible term. This property is commonly associated with philosophy,Nikoletseas, M.M. (2014) "Parmenides in Apophatic Philosophy" theology, ontology, and similar concepts that are inherently "too great", complex or Abstraction to be communicated adequately.Nikoletseas, M.M. (2016) "Parmenides: The World as Modus Cogitandi: Third Edition" Logic statements, principles, reasons and arguments may be considered intrinsically ineffable along with impossibilities, contradictions and paradoxes.
An object, event or concept is ineffable if it cannot adequately be expressed by the use of natural language.Nikoletseas, M.M. (2014) "Parmenides in Apophatic Philosophy"
The term (Latin: ineffābilis) is composed of the prefix in-, meaning 'not', and adjective effābilis, meaning 'capable of being expressed'. In Greek, ἄρρητος (α depritive + ῥητὸς) means 'what cannot or should not be spoken of'.
Terminology describing the nature of experience cannot be conveyed properly in dualistic language; it is believed that this knowledge is only held by the individual from which it originates. Profanity and can easily and clearly be stated, but by those who believe they should not be said, they are considered ineffable. Thus, one method of describing something that is ineffable is by using apophasis, i.e. describing what it is not, rather than what it is. An example is the name of God in Judaism, written as YHWH but substituted with Adonai ("the Lord") or HaShem ("the name") when reading.
God's ineffability deals with His being infinite, invisible and incomprehensible.
This dogma definition comes from a longtime tradition: Tertullian, Athenagoras of Athens, and Clement of Alexandria believed that ineffability is a property of God.. Quote: "For Athenagoras and Tertullian, God is the truly real, one, eternal or timeless, ineffable and impassible...If it is supposed that biblical texts and Greek sources have similar meaning, Clement described God as invisible, ineffable, inexpressible by human concepts, indivisible, infinite, bearing no figure, time, movement, place or name."
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